OreSat CFC Software

Software for Linux version of the CFC (Cirrus Flux Camera) card.

Like all OreSat software projects it is built using OLAF (OreSat Linux App Framework), which it built ontop of CANopen for Python. See the oresat-olaf repo for more info about OLAF.

When this project is running on the real hardware it will required the prucam-pirt1280 kernel module. See https://github.com/oresat/oresat-prucam-pirt1280 for more info.

Quickstart

Install dependenies

$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Make a virtual CAN bus

$ sudo ip link add dev vcan0 type vcan
$ sudo ip link set vcan0 up

Run the CFC app

$ python3 -m oresat_cfc

Can select the CAN bus to use (vcan0, can0, etc) with the -b BUS arg.

Can mock hardware by using the -m HARDWARE flag.

• The-m all flag can be used to mock all hardware (CAN bus is always required).
• The -m camera flag would only mock the camera
• The -m tec flag would only mock the TEC

See other options with -h flag.

A basic Flask-based website for development and integration can be found at http://localhost:8000 when the software is running.